# 沙發
## Chinese
### Etymology 1

* 沙發
Borrowed from English sofa, probably via Shanghainese.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shāfā
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄈㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): saa$^1$ faat$^3$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): sa$^1$ fad$^5$
* Northern Min (KCR): sá-huă
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sa-hoat / see-hoat / só͘-fá
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sua$^1$ huag$^4$ / sua$^1$ huêg$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$so-faq$_7$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shāfā
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄈㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shafa
*** Wade–Giles: sha$^1$-fa$^1$
*** Yale: shā-fā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shafa
*** Palladius: шафа (šafa)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂä⁵⁵ fä⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$殺伐 / 杀伐 沙發 / 沙发
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: saa$^1$ faat$^3$
*** Yale: sā faat
*** Cantonese Pinyin: saa$^1$ faat$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sa$^1$ fad$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /saː⁵⁵ faːt̚³/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sa$^1$ fad$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /sa⁴⁴⁻³⁵ fat̚¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sá-huă
*** Sinological IPA : /sa⁵⁴ xua²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sa-hoat
*** Tâi-lô: sa-huat
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sa'hoad
*** IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /sa⁴⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sa³³ huat̚⁵/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: see-hoat
*** Tâi-lô: see-huat
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɛ⁴⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: só͘-fá
*** Tâi-lô: sóo-fá
*** IPA (Penang): /sɔ⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ fa⁴⁴⁵/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sua$^1$ huag$^4$ / sua$^1$ huêg$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sua huak / sua huek
*** Sinological IPA : /sua³³⁻²³ huak̚²/, /sua³³⁻²³ huek̚²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$so-faq$_7$
*** MiniDict: so$^平$ fah$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$so-faq$_4$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /so⁵⁵ faʔ²¹/

#### Noun

沙發
* sofa (Classifier: 組／组 m)
       Wǒmen de shēnghuó suīshuō bù suàn fùyù, kě yě bù chóu chī bù chóu chuān de. Nǐ qiáo, zhè shāfā, diànshìjī shénme de, biérén jiā yǒu, wǒmen jiā yě dōu yǒu la! [Pinyin]
       Even though one could say that our life is not considered to be affluent, yet we do not have to worry about food or clothing. Just look at things like this sofa and this TV set; other families have these things, and so do we!
    From: 2020, 林家謙 [Terence Lam], Oscar (lyrics), 特倫斯夢遊仙境 [Wonderland]
    jau$^5$ mo$^1$ neoi$^{5-2}$ so$^1$ faa$^2$ soeng$^6$ cam$^4$ mak$^6$, wai$^6$ seoi$^4$ co$^5$ zoek$^6$ [Jyutping]
    There is a witch on a sofa quietly sitting for whom

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 沙發 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 沙發 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 沙發, 沙發椅 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 沙發 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 沙發 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 沙發 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 沙發 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 沙發 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 沙發 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 沙發 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 沙發 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 沙發 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 沙發 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 沙發 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 沙發 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 沙發 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 沙發 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 沙發 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 沙發 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 底萬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 基萬 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 沙發 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 沙發 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 沙發 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 沙發 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 沙發 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 沙發, 氣椅 dated |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 沙發 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 沙發 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 沙發 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 沙發 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 沙發 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 沙發 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 沙發 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 沙發 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 梳化, 梳化椅 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 梳化, 梳化椅 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 梳化 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 梳化 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 沙發 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 沙發 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 膨凳 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 膨凳 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 膨凳 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 膨凳 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 膨凳 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 膨椅 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 沙發 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 沙發 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 沙發 |
| Jin | Linhe | 沙發 |
| Jin | Jining | 沙發 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 沙發 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 沙發 |
| Jin | Handan | 沙發 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 沙發, 沙發椅 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 沙發椅 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 膨椅 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 膨椅 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 膨椅 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 膨椅 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | sofa |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 沙發 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 沙發椅 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 沙發 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 沙發 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 彈弓椅, 沙發椅 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 沙發 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 沙發, 沙發椅 |
| Wu | Danyang | 沙發椅子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 沙發椅 |

##### Descendants

* → Lü: ᦌᦱᧈᦝᦱᧉ (saa¹faa²)
* → Mongolian:
    Cyrillic script: шафа (šafa)
    Mongolian script: ᠱᠠᠹᠠ (šafa)
* → Uyghur: سافا (safa)
* → Wutunhua: shafa
* → Zhuang: sahfaz

### Etymology 2

* 沙發 (網路)
May be altered from 首發 / 首发 (shǒufā) or humorous phono-semantic matching of English so fast. (Shi, 2021, pg. 138)

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shāfā
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄈㄚ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shāfā
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄈㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shafa
*** Wade–Giles: sha$^1$-fa$^1$
*** Yale: shā-fā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shafa
*** Palladius: шафа (šafa)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂä⁵⁵ fä⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$殺伐 / 杀伐 沙發 / 沙发

#### Noun

沙發
* (Internet slang) first person to reply or comment on an online forum

##### See also

* 頭香 / 头香
* 板凳 (bǎndèng), 地板 (dìbǎn)
* Japanese: 1(いち)コメ (ichikome)